"That just goes to show you the different perspectives that not
only different players have, but then maybe a guy on the different
side of the ball may have," Gannon said Wednesday. "I'm of the
belief that what you see on the field is what you are. What you put
on the field is what it is. I think we're 2-4 because of the way
we've played."

And the Raiders have played poorly. It won't get much easier in
their next game: A Monday night matchup with unbeaten Kansas City
in Oakland.

Gannon hinted his teammates who keep making excuses might need a
reality check.

Oakland, 0-4 on the road for the first time since 1962, had 19
penalties in its 13-7 loss at Cleveland on Sunday, including five
straight flags for 35 yards during one offensive series in the
third quarter.

That many mistakes won't win you many games.

"I'm not proud of it, I'm just being honest with you," Gannon
said. "I'm a realist. If you go out and look at the film and you
expect anything else ... in other words, if you commit 19 penalties
on the road against Cleveland and you walk out of the locker room
and go, 'We should have won,' then you're sniffing glue or
something.

"I don't know what to tell you. You have to be out of your
mind. That's not the way it is. I'm not trying to be funny, but
that's the truth. I live in the real world. I look at the film and
I see what we're doing, and I see the mistakes we're making. You
can't win that way. It's that simple."

Gannon, the reigning NFL MVP, hasn't been himself so far. He's
completed only 115 of 206 passes (55.8 percent) for 1,216 yards and
six touchdowns and has a 76.8 quarterback rating. He's been sacked
14 times for 72 yards and intercepted three times.

The 37-year-old Gannon was sacked only 36 times all last season
as the Raiders reached the Super Bowl. It makes things tough when
he's got a beat-up offensive line trying to protect him.

The Raiders had 15 players listed on their injury report
Wednesday, including 10 offensive and defensive starters.

Right tackle Kennedy has a torn left calf. Right guard Mo
Collins has an injured knee, and left guard Frank Middleton went
down with a partially torn right quadriceps in Sunday's loss.
Kennedy and Collins were listed as questionable Wednesday and
Middleton was doubtful.

Gannon says the Raiders' system isn't too complicated, they're
just not executing.

"I've heard talk about our system and the audibles and the
mechanics and the procedures and the mechanism at the line of
scrimmage. It's all baloney," Gannon said. "There's no truth to
it whatsoever. That's just the way it is. The reason we're doing it
is because people are seeing what we're doing on film and taking
advantage of it. It's good coaching, that's what it is."